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Overall it looks pretty darn good. There's only one spot I'd consider a blemish on the exterior, three small scratches on the left side of the slide just forward of the Taurus logo. There are a couple of rough spots inside but it doesn't appear they'll affect the operation of the pistol. It came with 2 17 round magazines and these both seem to have the same issue. Once I get 8 or so rounds in there's a rattle, almost like one of the bullets is loose in the stack. I seem to remember reading something about that on one of the boards, I'll have to take a look. I forgot exactly how tight a pistol can be, it took a real effort to push the slide release down the first couple of times. Range report and pics as soon as I get the chance to put some rounds through it.

 

[InfidelIllini]

Looking at the magazines yesterday I noticed something else. When the magazine is loaded the spring in the 15 round magazine I bought seperately resembles a slinky when I look at it through the cut out in the bottom of the magazine. The coils are compressed evenly and neatly under the follower. The springs on the 17 rounders do not. The compression is not uniform and some appear to overlap as opposed to being one on top of the other. I hope to get to the range today where I'll see how they feed.